Frameset - broaden

Predicate: broaden

Roleset id: broaden.01 , (cause to) become broader, wider, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

broaden.01: BROADEN-V NOTES: Frames file for 'broaden' based on sentences in financial subcorpusand automatic expansion via verbnet. Comparison with 'narrow' and'widen'. (from broaden.01-v predicate notes) BROADENING-N NOTES: (from broadening.01-n)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
broaden (v.)
broadening (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: agent, causing broadening (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing broadening (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
        Arg2-EXT: EXT, amount broadened by
        Arg3-DIR: start point
        Arg4-GOL: end point

Example: just transitive

        person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full

        Mr. Schwarz says the competition ``broadens the base of opportunity for us.''

        Arg0: the competition
        Rel: broadens
        Arg1: the base of opportunity for us

Example: ergative, start and end points

        person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full

        As a result, the group's third-quarter loss broadened to $9.8 million from the second quarter's $3.6 million.

        Argm-cau: As a result
        Arg1: the group's third-quarter loss
        Rel: broadened
        Arg4: to $9.8 million
        Arg3: from the second quarter's $3.6 million

Example: ergative, with EXT

        person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full

        The uncertainty was multiplied by the persistent strength of the dollar, traders said, and by the U.S. trade deficit, which [*T*] broadened by 31% in August from the previous month.

        Argm-rcl: which -> the U.S. trade deficit
        Arg1: [*T*]
        Rel: broadened
        Arg2: by 31%
        Argm-tmp: in August
        Arg3: from the previous month

Predicate: broad

Roleset id: broad.02 , spanning a wide range, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

broad.02: BROAD-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-6. Relation to broaden.01 (from broad.01-j) BROADER-J NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from broader.01-j)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
broad (j.)	Dimension Diversity Measurable_attributes
broader (j.)

Roles:

Arg1-PPT: broad thing
Arg2-VSP: specific aspect of arg1 that is broad (if in addition)

Example: lexical comparative

        person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns

        Even if history repeats itself , Crack Shortbread still does not believe that China has any shortcut to take in the Sino - Russian relations and affairs , or *PRO* to be broader , in the military development and the affairs of Central Asia .

        Arg1: *PRO*
        Rel: broader

Example: physical attribute

        person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns

        His shoulders were broad, his forearms were nearly as large as his upper arms and he had a thick neck, a barrel chest and a huge frame.

        Arg1: His shoulders
        Rel: broad

Example: arg1

        person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns

        Despite the lack of geographic coverage, the range of topics was broad

        Argm-adv: Despite the lack of geographic coverage
        Arg1: the range of topics
        Rel: broad

Example: both args

        person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns

        the HOA's suit was broad in its allegations and did assert fault on the part of, among others, "engineers.

        Arg1: the HOA's suit
        Rel: broad
        Arg2: in its allegations and did assert fault on the part of, among others, "engineers.